Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

According to John Charles Lyons the execution of the Jealous Wall at Belvedere, Co. Westmeath, was supervised by a Florentine architect named Barradette.(1)  Could Barradette possibly be a misreading for JOHN JAMES BARRALET JOHN JAMES BARRALET ?   The source of the design can in fact be traced to the works of THOMAS WRIGHT. THOMAS WRIGHT. (2) 



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(1) Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, 21 Nov 1846in his To the Grand Jury of the County of Westmeath, he spells the name 'Barradotte'.
(2) Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 171.


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Building: CO. WESTMEATH, BELVEDERE
Date: ?
Nature: Gothick ruin folly.
Refs: Note in B. of I. files, citing J.C. Lyons, ref. not given but probably article by Mark Girouard in Country Life